Folding cot



(No Model.)

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FOLDING GOT. No. 399,935. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

CHARLES T. SEGAR, OF UTIOA, NElV YORK.

FOLDING COT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,935, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed August 25, 1888. Serial No. 283,729. (No model.)

To aZZ 14:71am, 2'25 11mg; concern' Be it known that I, CHARLES T. SEGAR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Cots; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a top view. Figs. 2, 3, at, and 5 are details.

This invention has relation to folding cots; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of devices, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the side rails of the frame, which are connected at their ends by the transverse bars B, the ends of which are seated in the mortises G of the rails, and secured to said rails by the bolts D. The transverse bars B are formed with broad grooves E in their top surfaces, extending lengthwise thereof, and having the rounded beads F, forming the walls 'of said grooves, as shown.

G is a half-round strip of proper width to be seated in the groove E. The wire Webbing II is designed to be secured by means of the grooved bar and fastening-strip in the following manner: The free end of the wire rib is turned under toward the middle of the cot in reversed position and is laid in the groove of the bar B, and the half-round strip G is placed thereon and secured in position by means of rails or pins, at K. The rib being bent over, the rounded strip extends to the other end of the cot, when it is secured in a similar manner. The webbing extends about level with the upper edges of the side rails, and the half-round strip G, which forms the bearing on which the webbing rests, is made high enough to support the webbing in the position stated. A short transverse slot, J, is made near one end of the bar B, and in this slot is pivoted a hook, L, having its catch end provided with an inclined edge, as indicated at I. This slot J is narrowed toward its inner end, so that when the hook is turned up therein it will be held by friction. Its pivoted end being, however, in the wider part of the slot, when the hook hangs down it has free swinging play, and its catch portion, extending inwardly beyond the plane of the pivoted center of the hook, is designed to automatically engage the connection-brace P of the end frame, N.

Z Z indicate the inclined legs, which are pivoted to the rails at a, and are connected by the round b, on which are pivoted the arms 0 of the end frame, N, said arms a being connected by the end board, d.

The connection-braces P are of metal and their position is oblique, while their ends extend straight or parallel to the length of the bed, and these ends are pivoted to the rails at e and to the arms of the head-frame at g. The rail end of the connection-brace is slightly bent out of the general plane of the brace, an d the length of the brace is a little greater than the distance between the rail centers a and c, so that when the end frames and legs are folded in under the wire mattress the pivotal centers at 9 will lie slightly nearer the middle of the cot than the pivotal centers a, and in this manner it is designed that the end frame and leg-frame shall be held automatically in folded position. \Vhen unfolded, the connectioirbrace extends from its rail-pivot under the bar B and supports the latter, and the hook L, having been set in hanging position, catches under the brace and holds thereby the head-frame and legs in extended position, preventing these parts from becoming folded until the catch is released, such folding being liable to occur casually when the cot is pushed endwise from one position to another.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a cot with pivoted legs and end frames which are held in folded position automatically, and I do not therefore claim such devices, broadly. Nor do I broadly claim cleats for holding the wire webbing in grooves of the framing-bars,

my invention relating to the employment of I00 cleats seated in top grooves of transverse bars and raised to determine the height of the webbing which bears thereon.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the side bars, the pivoted legs applied thereto, the end frame pivoted to said legs, the braces pivoted to said end frame and side bars, the end bars, and

I0 hooks applied to said end bars, said end bars being connected to said side bars, and said catch-hooks engaging wiih said braces when the cot is extended, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES T. SEGAR.

Witn esses JOHN BUOKLEY, STUART F. DAY. 

